An Introduction to Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Metals

Amorphous metals and metallic glasses have properties with multiple applications, including in fabricating micro and nanostructures. An Introduction to Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Metals presents the science and engineering of metallic glasses, giving a background in the physics of materials, and describing relevant experimental techniques. The title presents the necessary background in physics, thermodynamics, and the mechanics of solids, before moving on to cover elasticity, plasticity, fracture and anelastic behaviour of metallic glasses, relating these properties to chemical composition, atomic arrangement, microstructure, and methods of preparation. The book compares the structure-property relationships specific to metallic glasses with polycrystalline metals and alloys, and describes the properties and characteristics of metallic glasses in detail. The general features and behaviour of metallic glasses are analysed and summarised. The book includes full derivations of theory and equations, and presents a compendium of experimental methods used in materials science to characterise and study metallic glasses and amorphous solids. The title is a comprehensive resource for any researcher interested in the materials science of metallic glasses and amorphous materials more generally. Presents the fundamental materials science needed to understand amorphous metals and metallic glassesDetails manufacturing techniques for metallic glassesGives the mechanical properties of metallic glassesIllustrates concepts with detailed tables and graphsContains a compendium of experimental methods for use with amorphous metals and metallic glasses INDICE: 1. Introduction 2. Engineering applications of materials 3. Making of materials 4. Making of glasses 5. Characterisation of amorphous solids 6. Structure and properties of metallic glasses 7. Introduction to thermodynamics of solids 8. Modelling the structure and predicting the properties of amorphous solids 9. Elastic properties of metallic glasses 10. Plasticity of metallic glasses 11. Fracture 12. Creep and visoelastic behaviour

• ISBN: 978-0-12-819418-8
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2021
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés